Process of working peat and manufacturing same into briquets.



No. 663,568. Patented Dec. ".1900. L. GALECKI.

PROCESS OF WORKING FEAT AND MANUFACTURING SAME INTO BRIOUETS.

(Applicatiqn filed July 18, 1899.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets$heet I.

A TMRNtTS No. 663,568. Patented Dec. II, 1900. L. GALECKI.

PROCESS OF WORKING FEAT AND MANUFACTURING SAME iNTO BRHIUETS.

(Application filed July 18, 1899.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets Sheet 2.

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OF WARSAW, RUSSIA.

PROCESS OF WORKING PEAT AND MANUFACTURlNG SAME INTO BRIQUETS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 663,568, dated.December 11, 1900.

Application filed July 18, 1899. Serial No. 724,257. (No specimens.)

To all whom, it Wtcty concern.-

Be it known that I, LADISLAUS GALEOKI, a subject of the Czar of Russia,and a resident of Warsaw, in the Grand Duchy of Warsaw, Russia, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in the Process of WorkingPeat and Manufacturing the Same into Briquets, of which the following isa specification.

This invention has for its object a process for the extraction of peatand the manufacture of peat briquets.

This process consists in successively dividing or cutting the peat massand treating it in the bog in such a manner as to produce a thoroughlyhomogeneous mass, the latter being subsequently freed by mechanicalmeans from foreign bodiessuch as sand, clay, and the like-which impairits heating power. The peat mass subjected thus to a preliminarytreatment is eminently fit to .form peat hriquets of extraordinaryheating power without the use of heavy machinery, such asbriuet-presses.

In order that my said invention may be particularly described andascertained, reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings, inwhich similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Figure l is a diagram showing the manner of carrying the process intopracticethat is to say, it illustrates the plant necessary for thispurpose. Fig. 2 is a front view of the weir. Fig. 3 is a side View ofthe machine for cutting the peat. Fig. 4E is a plan, and Fig. 5 an end,elevation of the same. Fig. 6 is a detail view of the cutting-knife.Fig. '7 is a side view of the mixing-machine, and Fig. 8 a front view ofthe same. Fig. 9 shows the cutter for dividing the peat into briquetsand also the stamp.

According to my invention I lay parallel rails across the bog, uponwhich the various machines travel as they are operated to break up andremove the peat in the manner hereinafter described, the portion of peatremoved forming a canal. By means of a removable weir a, Figs. 1 and 2,the arrangement of which may be obviously suited to the circumstances ofthe case, the peat which has been subjected to the action of themixingmachine is prevented from passing back into the excavated portionor canal a. On both sides of the latter are placed rails a along whichthe various machines arranged above such gallery or canal can travel.The cutting-machine 1) outs up the peat in vertical sections or layers,which are turned over or otherwise broken up. This cutting-machine,which may be of any suitable construction, may be made as illustrated inFigs. 3, 4, 5, and 6. The same consists of a traveling platform Z7 and aframe 17 upon which is mounted a cutting appliance W, of the same widthas the peat-canal and capable of rising and falling. This cutter b ismade of any suitable material, but preferably of non-oxidizable metal,and actuated by chains or ropes 1). Its lower end is sharpened tofacilitate the cutting or slicing operation. Fig. 6 shows the form ofthis cutting appliance 79 The peat layers disengaged by thecutting-machine are subsequently operated upon by a mixing-machine,which reduces them into homogeneous pulp or paste. This mixing-machinemay likewise be of any suitable construction. Figs. 7 and 8 illustratesuch a machine which is particularly adapted for the purpose. Thismixing-machine consists of a platform 0, mounted on'wheels c and fittedwith a suitable frame 0'' for effecting the upand-down motion of themixing-rollers 0 These rollers consist of a number of shafts fitted withteeth, as shown, the teeth of one roller being arranged so as to passbetween the teeth of the adjoining roller. .Suitable stays b may be usedto brace the frame 5 Fig. 3, and also the frame 0 of Fig. 7. Theupand-down movement to the rollers a may be given by arope c andchain-wheels 21. These rollers are actuated from the platform by meansof chains 0 and chain-wheels 0 in any suitable manner. Between each pairof movable rollers there is arranged one fixed shaft, which caunot turn,as shown at 00 in Fig. 8. As the mixing-rollers are set in operation thepeat after being operated on by the cuttingmachine is seized and workedinto a uniform mass, which is propelled by the rollers of themixing-machine onto the rear end of the peat-canal. The cutting-machineand the mixing-machine may be moved along the rails e in any desiredmanner.

Behind the mixing-machine there gradually accumulates in the peat-canala peat pulp-of thoroughly uniform consistence. This peat pulp is raisedout of the said canal by an elevator d of any suitable construction anddropped into casks or barrels e, placed upon a truck 6, moving uponrails arranged alongside the peat-canal in order to convey this peatmass to the works or elsewhere. From these casks the peat is taken andfiltered in any suitable filtering apparatus, and when sufficientlyhardened is cut into briquets, preferably by a cutter m, as shown inFig. 9, having a tubular neck 00, in which is carried handle 00terminating in a stamp 00 In this manner the peat is continuously raisedout of the peat bog in the form of a homogeneous mass and is convertedinto briquets.

Having now particularly described and astering the same, molding thefiltered material into briquets, and finally drying the same,substantially as described.

In witnesswhereot' I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twowitnesses.

LADISLAUS GALECKI. [L. S.]

Witnesses:

BOLERTAW HORODQUIST, KAROT BOYDAW.

